Window-shade bracket and curtain-pole support.



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Patented May 13, 1913.

- I. W- ANDERSON. WINDOW SHADE BRACKET AND cunnm POLE SUPP TED, STATES; PATENT oFFioE. T

JAMES w. annnasoiv, or roar SMITH, ARKANSAS.

WINDOW-SHADE IBRACKET AND CURTAIN-POLE SUPPORT. I

Specification of Letters Patent.

.Patented May 13,1913.

Application filed August 12, 1912. Serial No. 714,642.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES W. ANonnsoN, a citizen of the United State s,.residi'ng at Fort Smith, in the county of Sebastian and State of Arkansas, have invented certain .new and useful Improvements in Window- Shade Brackets and Curtain-Pole Supports,

of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to window shade brackets and curtain pole supports and has for its objectthe provision of a device consisting of a plate having a curtain pole support secured thereto with one of the terminals of said. support provided with a tapered end forming a prongto engage the window casing and assist in holding the plate in engagement therewith, the plate being also provided with integral means for engaging the casing andsupporting the plate. The plate is also provided with an integral bracket member for supporting the end of the shade roller.

My invention will be described in detail hereinafter and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 isa side view in elevation of my improved window shade bracket and curtain pole support; Fig. 2, a front view; Fig. 3, a top plan view showing the curtain pole support broken away; and Fig. 4, a fragmental view of the top of a window casing showing my improved bracket and support in position thereon, and the window shade roller mountedon the brackets.

In the drawings similar reference characters will be used to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

My improved window shade bracket and curtain pole support comprises a rectangular plate 1 having one of its edges bent as shown at 2 and at right angles to said plate and formed with integral prongs 3 consisting of triangular pieces of metal cut out of said flange and bent downwardly. The plate 1 is also provided with an integral bracket 4 to receive one end of a shade roller, said bracket being formed by cutting out the metal of the plate and bending it at rightangles to the surface of said plate.

The curtain pole support consists of a single length of wire or a rod having a rectangular portion 5 that is secured to two of the edges of the plate by bending said edges over the wire as shown at 6 and 7. The terminal of saidwire adjacent to the turned over portion 6 is bent at right angles to the portion of said wire secured by said turned over portion 6 to form a tapered prong 8 that cooperates with the prongs 3 to secure the plate 1 in position on the window casing A shown in Fig. 4. The other terminal of the wire adjacent to the upper end of the turned over portion 7 is bent downwardly as shown at 9 and then upwardly to form a hook 10 to receive a curtain pole.

. 11 indicates an opening in the plate 1 through which may be secured a screw or other suitable fastening if desired to permanently hold the plate 1 in engagement with the window casing.

In use, my improved window shade bracket and pole support is mounted on the casing A of a window frame by driving the prongs 8 into the upper edge of the casing and then driving the'prongS into the front side of the casing. After being placed in position on the casing as shown in Fig. 4, the curtain roller B is adapted to be mounted in. the brackets 4, while a curtain pole (not shown), is adapted to be supported on.

secured to the two other edges of said plate and having one of its terminals provided with a tapered prong, the other terminal of said wire formed with a hook adapted to support a curtain pole.

2. A'window shade bracket and curtain pole support comprising a plate, a portion of said plate cut out and bent at substantially right angles thereto to form the bracket aforesaid, one edge of said plate being bent at right angles and forming a flange, said flange being provided with integral prongs, a length of wire formed with I a rectangular portionand mounted on said In testimony whereof I aflix mysig'nature plate, twlo of the edges of said plfate bent to in presence, of two Witnesses. 'encrage t e rectano ularportion o sa-id'wire, v on: of the termii lals of said Wire formed JAMES ANDERSON with a tapered prong and the other terminal: Witnesses:

of said Wire bent to form a hook adapted to J. H. WVEVER, support a curtain pole. r OTHO WOLF.

Washington, 1). c. a I

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